Program - Bucharest Photofest, the 8th edition

50+ Events

THE 2023 EDITION MEANS MORE THAN 50 EVENTS: EXHIBITIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, PHOTO WALKS & WORKSHOPS, TALKS & DEBATES, ARTIST TALKS, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, AND, MORE, THE BUCHAREST PHOTOFEST CONFERENCE

20+ Artists

WE ARE HAPPY AND GLAD TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN 20 ARTISTS, CURATORS AND PROFESSIONALS IN PERSON DURING THE FESTIVAL EDITION AT BUCHAREST.

10 Films

THE SELECTION OF THE FILM SCREENINGS OF THE CURRENT EDITION INCLUDES AROUND 10 FILMS AND SOME OF THE FILM SCREENINGS ARE FOLLOWING BY Q/A SESSIONS WITH DIRECTORS AND SPECIAL GUESTS.

Our festival is not only about photography, but also about having fun and enjoying the arts. We have prepared a series of events that will make your experience unforgettable.

You will be able to attend parties, live music concerts and product presentations, featuring artists from different fields and genres. You will have 10 days of pure entertainment and excitement, with great music and amazing vibes.

THE OPENING
10/6/2023-18:30
10/6/2023-19:0
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
Talk
Bucharest Photofest Team
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Strength, Resilience, Hope: Refugee Identity | Group Exhibition
10/6/2023-19:0
10/6/2023-20:0
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
Refugees are the symbol of strength, resilience and hope. While they retain their identity from home, they make efforts towards inclusion and rebuild their lives in host communities bringing in a wealth of knowledge, experiences and culture. There are currently around 89,500 refugees from Ukraine and other countries, in Romania. Since February 2022, Romania has shown unprecedented solidarity and support to refugees from Ukraine. Now, Ukrainian refugees are doing their best to adapt to their new home in Romania. They are working, learning the Romanian language, making new friends and finding hope in our country. At the same time, they have shown profound gratitude for those who opened their doors. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, works with and for refugees, advocating for their inclusion and well-being in Romania. The photo exhibition “Strength, Resilience, Hope: Refugee Identity”, takes us through the refugees’ journey from the first days of emergency and arrival in Romania to the present days efforts to become part of our community.
Group exhibition. Event in collaboration with UNHCR
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Graiu: Afrodoine / live in concert
10/6/2023-20:30
10/6/2023-21:30
Echoes Haus (11, Dianei Street)
A fusion in sound and spirit between Eastern Romances and African American heritages, brought into the contemporary or about roots branched so deeply that they meet. Because language is the basic element of language, the depository of our cultural roots, it shows us where we come from and yes, apart from language, languages are also music and singing, mental and sound archetypes, they are ritual and catharsis, springing from the most visceral and sincere layer of our being.
https://eventbook.ro/music/bilete-bucharest-photofest-graiu-afrodoine
GRAIU organically reinterprets music in languages from what some of us may have heard at school to be historical Romanian dialects (two of them endangered): Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian and, of course, Daco-Romanian (North-Danube Standard Romanian), in a thematic and sonic mirror with traditional music in the African-American language before blues and jazz.
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
30 lei
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2 Day Photography Masterclass w/ Coskun Asar - Day 1
10/7/2023-10:0
10/7/2023-14:0
UNATC (75-77, Matei Voievod Street)
● Workshop Description:The workshop based on Coşkun Aşar’s personal photographic approach and the keys of the creating personal stories. The workshop included participant's portfolio review too. During the two days workshop Coşkun Aşar will present his own works, approach, the example of the selected works from the other photographers and he will review the portfolio of the participants.● Part I:- The presentation on the photographer's work and the photographic approach- The presentation of selected inspiring works and approach from different photographers.- The presentation of the contact sheets and showing some example from the film series of Contacts.-Portfolio review for participants.● Part II:- Portfolio review for participants.- Finding a subject and personal approach to create a personal photographic story.- Curiosity, concentration, experience and questions.- Relation of the content, the context and the form in the picture and in the story (talks about on technics too).- The combination of the selections before start to work and while working (technic and approach)- Editing picture and the story: choose, develop, sequence for final outputs like exhibition or a photo book.
Coşkun Aşar grew up in Istanbul and studied at Marmara University Faculty of Communication in Istanbul, focusing on cinema. For three consecutive years starting in 2002, he participated in the World Press Photo seminars in Turkey. He also completed a master’s class in Sweden with scholarship from the Swedish Institute in 2004. He received his Master’s degree in Communication Science at Marmara University in 2008.His interest in photography began in 1995 while studying cinema. He explored the rich story-telling medium of photography and developed his approach more personal way. Preferring to reflect on his own environment, he focused on stories about socially isolated, marginalized people; poverty; immigration and issues related to gender.Coşkun Aşar has made photo-reportages/documentaries for local and foreign magazines, newspapers, and agencies. He worked for National Geographic Turkey as a free-lance photographer between 2003-2008. He was among 20 selected photographers from around the world invited to exhibit work at the Leica Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of the LEICA M series. He has shown his projects in galleries and museums worldwide. He publish his first photo-book “Blackout“ in 2017. He worked with legendary Magnum Photographer Josef Koudelka for his photographic project “Ruins” more than ten years and film him while working. He completed his first feature documentary film which titled "Koudelka Crossing the Same River" in 2021. He lives and works as an independent photographer and filmmaker in Turkey.
500 lei / 2 days
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Dutch Perspectives in documentary photography | Exhibition
10/7/2023-16:0
10/7/2023-17:0
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant - Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
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The group exhibition will embody the above in the light of artworks from 2 series for each photographer (40 artworks in total). Alongside with the exhibition there will be a live photographic debate, moderated by both the festival director and the guest curator, in which the Dutch photographers will engage with each other and the audience to discuss the exhibition theme and the sub-themes, but also the visual storytelling as a powerful tool to raise awareness and to address topics that the spoken word often finds it difficult or too sensitive to discuss. The organization is encouraging a lively discussion and aims to also identify differences between the different cultures and countries with respect to creating documentary storytelling, to finding inspiration and to the usage of visual language and artistic tools.
Olivier van Hartingsveldt, David Hup, Anna Ziya Geerling, Sterre Arentsen (photographers)Ioana Cobzaru (curator)
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Dutch Perspectives in documentary photography | Debate
10/7/2023-17:0
10/7/2023-18:30
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant / Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
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The aim is to accompany the ‘Dutch Perspectives’ exhibition by a live photographic debate organized as a panel discussion, in which the invited Dutch Photographers will interact with the audience and each other about (but not limited to) different ways of telling visual narratives, how to create a powerful documentary series, how images are supporting text in an article based on documentary photography, what makes a documentary image relevant. Their sub-theme at the festival is the interaction between humans and the rest of nature, from the perspective of co-habiting a given environment. The debate will be moderated by the festival director and the guest curator. The aim is to also invite 1-2 Romanian documentary photographers to participate in the panel of discussants on stage. The photographers will have the opportunity to highlight their opinions with images on a screen, making the discussion more lively and offering the audience a visual journey through the photographer’s practice and artistic point of view.
Olivier van Hartingsveldt, David Hup, Anna Ziya Geerling, Ioana Cobzaru (moderator)
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-panel-discussion/
Free entrance
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bpf.music vibes / DJ set
10/7/2023-21:0
10/7/2023-23:0
Echoes Haus (11, Dianei Street)
Bucharest Photofest team
Free entrance
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2 Day Photography Masterclass w/ Coskun Asar - Day 2
10/8/2023-10:0
10/8/2023-14:0
UNATC (75-77, Matei Voievod Street)
● Workshop Description:The workshop based on Coşkun Aşar’s personal photographic approach and the keys of the creating personal stories. The workshop included participant's portfolio review too. During the two days workshop Coşkun Aşar will present his own works, approach, the example of the selected works from the other photographers and he will review the portfolio of the participants.● Part I:- The presentation on the photographer's work and the photographic approach- The presentation of selected inspiring works and approach from different photographers.- The presentation of the contact sheets and showing some example from the film series of Contacts.-Portfolio review for participants.● Part II:- Portfolio review for participants.- Finding a subject and personal approach to create a personal photographic story.- Curiosity, concentration, experience and questions.- Relation of the content, the context and the form in the picture and in the story (talks about on technics too).- The combination of the selections before start to work and while working (technic and approach)- Editing picture and the story: choose, develop, sequence for final outputs like exhibition or a photo book.
Coşkun Aşar grew up in Istanbul and studied at Marmara University Faculty of Communication in Istanbul, focusing on cinema. For three consecutive years starting in 2002, he participated in the World Press Photo seminars in Turkey. He also completed a master’s class in Sweden with scholarship from the Swedish Institute in 2004. He received his Master’s degree in Communication Science at Marmara University in 2008.His interest in photography began in 1995 while studying cinema. He explored the rich story-telling medium of photography and developed his approach more personal way. Preferring to reflect on his own environment, he focused on stories about socially isolated, marginalized people; poverty; immigration and issues related to gender.Coşkun Aşar has made photo-reportages/documentaries for local and foreign magazines, newspapers, and agencies. He worked for National Geographic Turkey as a free-lance photographer between 2003-2008. He was among 20 selected photographers from around the world invited to exhibit work at the Leica Exhibition for the 50th Anniversary of the LEICA M series. He has shown his projects in galleries and museums worldwide. He publish his first photo-book “Blackout“ in 2017. He worked with legendary Magnum Photographer Josef Koudelka for his photographic project “Ruins” more than ten years and film him while working. He completed his first feature documentary film which titled "Koudelka Crossing the Same River" in 2021. He lives and works as an independent photographer and filmmaker in Turkey.
500 lei / 2 days
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Photo Voice - workshop pentru copii
10/8/2023-12:0
10/8/2023-13:0
UNATC (75-77, Matei Voievod Street)
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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To picture a story | Workshop
10/8/2023-14:0
10/8/2023-15:0
Jazz Roots Bucharest (28, Regina Elisabeta Boulevard)
“To picture a story” is a series of workshops that started out as part of British Council’s “Creative Life Skills” program and aim to help young students from disadvantaged backgrounds develop creative skills and English fluency through photography, storytelling and other artistic endeavors. By exploring their creativity, acquiring new knowledge and skills, and working as part of a collective, the students gain confidence to express themselves, validation of their unique perspectives, and develop a sense of belonging and identity.● Through the workshop and exhibition you will see young people in Romania telling their stories through film photography and creative writing. The exhibition includes work from rural youth and refugees living in Romania.• David Hughes // Educational Project Lead - British Council, Lecturer – Goldsmiths University of London• Wanda Hutira // Artist, Illustrator, advertising industry professional• Cosmin Anghel // Advertising industry professional• Iulia Enăchescu // Copywriter, graphic. designer, art educator
David Hughes, Wanda Hutira, Cosmin Anghel, Iulia Enăchescu(coord.) + children
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
the event is SOLD OUT
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Facing the forces - Icelandic Perspective | Group Exhibition
10/8/2023-18:0
10/8/2023-19:0
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant / Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
Facing the forces - Icelandic Perspective. The forces of nature, the darkness and the light, the sounds and the stillness must be noticed and lived. It is all around us, shapes us and is a part of our identity.
Jóna Þorvaldsdóttir, Þórdís Erla Ágústsdóttir, Karl Ómarsson, Christine Gísladóttir, Sandra Mjöll Jónsdóttir, Marinó Thorlacius, María Kjartans
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Mystic Echoes | Exhibition by Daimon Xanthopoulos (GR/NL)
10/9/2023-17:30
10/9/2023-18:0
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
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This collection delves into the captivating intersection of mythology and landscape, explored through the lens of photography. Daimon Xanthopoulos has journeyed to various European sites that are deeply ingrained with myths and legends, seeking to capture the echoes of these tales and their enduring connection to the land and culture. His approach is both artistic and personal, resulting in images that, while rooted in reality, also stir the imagination. Every photograph brings to life the very essence of these deeply researched sites. My visual approach encourages individual interpretations while anchoring the observer in the genuine aura of each place. By melding age-old myths with contemporary scenes, Daimon hopes to unveil the timeless influence that persists within these unique stories and how people still connect and resonate to their unique places.
Artist Statement: An Artistic Exploration into Timeless Tales. “In 'Mysthic Echoes', I embark on a visual journey, weaving together the threads of ancient myths and the tangible essence of real-world settings. This collection delves deep into places that have been touched, melded, and whispered to by legends of old. Each image, captured with an impressionistic lens, resonates with stories that transcend time — from the murmurs of ancient deities to the silent stand of stoic monuments. My intent is not merely to photograph a location but to capture the unseen force, the echo of myths that still lingers there. In inviting viewers to experience this blend of reality and mythology, I aim to spark a renewed appreciation for the enduring power of stories that continue to shape our collective consciousness.” Daimon Xanthopoulos
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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A Year Along the Banks | Exhibition by DOCKS Collective (DE)
10/9/2023-18:0
10/9/2023-19:0
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
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Over two days, more than about twice the amount of rainfall expected for the entire month fell in parts of Western Germany. Major rivers burst their banks and sweep away entire villages, over 180 people lost their lives, a thousand others lost their homes. The days and nights from July 13 to July 15, 2021, are seen as a catastrophe of the century in Germany. Studies will need to be done to determine whether or not these floods on this scale would have taken place without climate change. But scientists say it is safe to assume that it wouldn’t have rained so much, for so long, without the warming of the planet. Warmer air can hold more moisture and Germany’s average temperature has risen by more than 1.6°C over pre-industrial times. The drastic effects of climate change, that seemed to be far away for people in Central Europe, now also came to Germany. Since July 15, 2021, DOCKS has photographed as a collective in the affected regions to create a large-scale document of this historic event and its aftermath. The photographic essay "A Year Along the Banks" documents the destruction, pain and hardships of reconstruction in the flooded areas. Through long-term contact with the affected residents on site, a body of work is created that ranges from the initial catastrophe images to the first social festive gatherings that took place again.
Maximlian Mann, Aliona Kardash, Fabian Ritter, Ingmar Björn Nolting and Arne Piepke
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Garry Winogrand: all things are photographable | Film screening
10/9/2023-19:0
10/9/2023-20:0
UNATC - cinema (75-77, Matei Voievod Street)
Sasha Waters Freyer (director), Music by U2, R.E.M., Luna, Bob Dylan, Steve Winwood and Bob Seger | Plus original jazz compositions by Ethan Winogrand
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Meet the artist: Coskun Asar | Artist talk
10/10/2023-16:0
10/10/2023-17:0
Pavilion 32 - Goethe Institute (32, Calea Dorobanti)
Bucharest Photofest presents Coşkun Aşar in its eighth edition. We invite you to an event with Coşkun Aşar, a renowned photographer and filmmaker from Turkey, who will present his work and share his vision on documentary photography and cinematography.
Coşkun Ashar grew up in Istanbul and studied cinema at Marmara University's Faculty of Communication. He developed a personal and social approach to photography, focusing on stories about marginalized people, poverty, immigration and gender issues. He has worked for National Geographic Turkey and other publications and exhibited his work in galleries and museums around the world. He published his first photo album "Blackout" in 2017. Coşkun Ashar also collaborated with legendary photographer Magnum Josef Koudelka for more than ten years, documenting his photographic project "Ruins" and filming it while working. He completed his first feature-length documentary film, titled "Koudelka Crossing the Same River" in 2021, which was selected for several international film festivals. During this event, you will have the opportunity to see some of his photographs and film fragments, and hear him talk about his creative process, inspirations and challenges. You will also be able to ask him questions and interact with him in a friendly and informal atmosphere. Don't miss this chance to discover Coşkun Asar's portfolio.
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Meet the artists: DOCKS Collective | Artist talk
10/10/2023-17:0
10/10/2023-18:0
Pavilion 32 - Goethe Institute (32, Calea Dorobanti)
DOCKS Collective was founded in 2018 by Maximilian Mann, Aliona Kardash, Fabian Ritter, Ingmar Björn Nolting and Arne Piepke, who share a common vision of collaborative and open documentary photography. They work both as individual authors and on collective projects, challenging and questioning the classic egocentric perspective of the genre. In this event, you will have the opportunity to see some of their work, which ranges from personal stories to global issues, and hear them talk about their creative process, inspirations and challenges. You will also be able to ask them questions and interact with them in a friendly and informal atmosphere. Don't miss this chance to discover the amazing work of DOCKS photographers and learn more about the art of documentary photography.
Maximlian Mann, Aliona Kardash, Fabian Ritter, Ingmar Björn Nolting, Arne Piepke
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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The Sanctity of Space | Film Screening
10/10/2023-18:0
10/10/2023-19:30
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului (3, Soseaua Kiseleff)
Brad Washburn was the greatest aerial mountain photographer of all time. Hanging out the open door of an airplane, he flew above unmapped mountain ranges - capturing iconic images with which he could make maps, pursue scientific inquiries, discover first ascents, and inspire people. More than eighty years after Washburn first photographed Denali from the air, climbing buddies Renan Ozturk and Freddie Wilkinson look at some of Washburn’s images and have this crazy idea: rather than go up, their dream is to go sideways — across the range’s most forbidding peaks, the Mooses Tooth massif. It’s a decidedly new school way to explore the same landscape Washburn first discovered. As they pioneer the route over the course of two expeditions, enduring freezing bevies, cut ropes, and rockfall along the way, their desire to be the first to complete the audacious line grows into an obsession. But friendships begin to fray when Renan suffers a near fatal brain injury, forcing them to decide what’s most important. When they rendezvous in the small town of Talkeetna for yet another attempt, all bets are off. While the climbing action unfolds, Washburn’s own incredible story comes to life through stunning archivals and recreations. As a young man he turned down Amelia Earhart’s offer to join her on her around the world flight, then pulled off one of the gutsiest exploratory climbs in history - the epic first ascent of Mt. Lucania - but suffered his own fatal plane crash which left two women dead. His superhero wife Barbara ultimately redeemed him, and helped him map and explore the greatest landscapes on Earth, and his relationship with Ansel Adams allowed him to transcend his day-to-day job as Director of the Boston Museum of Science to become something he would never admit to being: an artist.
https://eventbook.ro/film/bilete-bucharest-photofest
Renan Ozturk (Sherpa), Freddie Wilkinson (directors) / cast: Renan Ozturk (Meru), Freddie Wilkinson, Zach Smith, Brad Washburn, David Roberts
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
20 lei
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bpf.talks / Images that change realities
10/10/2023-18:0
10/10/2023-19:0
Pavilion 32 - Goethe Institute (32, Calea Dorobanti)
Bucharest Photofest prezintă în cadrul ediției a opta o dezbatere interesantă și utilă legată de utilizarea imaginilor foto și video în campanii de conștientizare și etică a utilizării imaginilor cu copii. Această dezbatere are ca scop să evidențieze riscurile pe care le implică expunerea copiilor în mediile vizuale, precum și modalitățile de a obține consimțământul informat al aparținătorilor și al copiilor înșiși. Se vor aborda elemente de etică care determină fotografiisau jurnaliștii să nu publice anumite imagini, fie din respect pentru drepturile copiilor, fie din motive de securitate sau confidențialitate. În cadrul dezbaterii, vom prezenta exemple din campaniile Salvați Copiii și cum au fost utilizate imaginile foto și video pentru a aduce în prim plan realități din viața copiilor și a schimba legi prin campanii de advocacy. De la campania „Ți-am pregătit un pat la noi în celulă”, care a contribuit la conștientizarea românilor cu privire la incriminarea abuzurilor fizice asupra copiilor, până la campania „Dreptul la pauză”, care militează pentru responsabilizarea adulților (părinți și profesori) în acțiuni menite să transforme școlile în comunități educaționale sigure. În sala de dezbatere, vom afișa și analiza imagini din campanii cu impact social semnificativ și care au contribuit la schimbarea de mentalități și legi. Evenimentul va fi moderat și va avea ca vorbitori fotografi și profesioniști din domeniul protecției copiilor. Un eveniment realizat în parteneriat cu Organizația Salvați Copiii România. Cu sprijinul Goethe-Institut.
Collective panel in collaboration with Save the Children Romania.
Free entrance
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Fractures (short) | Film screening
10/10/2023-20:0
10/10/2023-20:30
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului (3, Soseaua Kiseleff)
Fractures / Sprungur is a multimedia piece (a poetic short film and photography installation) written and directed by María Kjartans & Vala Ómarsdóttir. The project was made in Rauðfeldsgjá gorge and its surroundings on Snæfellsnes peninsula, Iceland, at the beginning of June 2021. The project aims to inform the public about the prejudices, isolation and loneliness many individuals with mental health problems face after illness and how difficult it can be for them to get back into life.With the project, we hope to bring a new artistic angle to the discussion about mental health and to give people with mental health problems a voice in the fight for equality and the possibility of everyday life without prejudices after recovery.The character's ideas and voices are based on interviews with these individuals and their families. Fractures was made in Iceland in 2021 and previewed in the gallery of The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists. The film premiered at RIFF - Reykjavik International Film Festival in 2022.
Maria Kjartans, Vala Ómarsdóttir (directors). María & Vala started working together in London in 2010, where Vala was focusing on performance making and María on visual art. Together they started working on interdisciplinary projects in films and immersive performances.
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
20 lei
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The last transhumance | Film screening
10/10/2023-20:0
10/10/2023-21:30
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului
Filmed in six countries during fifteen years, "The Last Transhumance" takes us into the world of shepherds who walk with their animals very long distances in search for food: an ancient way of life not compatible with the modern world. Some 10.000 years ago, in the Middle East, man first domesticated sheep, and took them ‘on the road.’ That's what shepherds call transhumance. Their journey measures time and space with tools we have forgotten. People and herds swing between plains and mountains, setting in motion a mechanism that has ticked for thousands of years yet is about to stand still. The transhumance clock stops each time a family of shepherds choose to no longer take to the road. Nevertheless, it keeps ticking through the stubbornness of those who continue to sleep among their sheep under the clear sky – the remaining few who still live under the stars. "The Last Transhumance" film is their story.
https://eventbook.ro/film/bilete-bucharest-photofest-ultima-transhumanta
Dragoș Lumpan (director)
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
20 lei
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Current developments - Future Perspectives - in visual arts
10/11/2023-11:30
10/11/2023-12:30
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant - Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
Boris Eldagsen (DE), Marco Mancuso (IT) - artistsIoana Cobzaru (NL) - moderator Marco Mancuso is a critic and curator of contemporary art, in the relationship with technology and science and in the dialogue with the fields of design, architecture and sound. Founder and director of the Digicult project, he is full professor at the Carrara Academy of Fine Arts in Bergamo, adjunct professor at the Alma Mater University of Bologna and visiting professor at the Node Curatorial Center in Berlin. PhD in Digital Cultures at the Iuav University of Venice, he is interested in how the interdisciplinary discourse investigates the ways in which technoscience influences culture, society and the relationship between human beings and the context, observing the evolution of production, research and market of media and digital art. Among the founders of the study center SSH! – Sound studies Hub at the Iuav University of Venice, has published the books "Chimera. The Expanded Body for a new art ecosophy", "Interview with New Media Art" (2020) and "Art, Technology and Science" (2018) for Mimesis Editions. Boris Eldagsen (*1970) studied fine arts at art academies in Mainz, Prague and Hyderabad and philosophy at the universities of Cologne and Mainz.His background as a university lecturer, photo artist and digital media freelancer makes him one of the AI experts in the German photo scene. He is "Head of Digital" of the DFA and a member of the DGPh.In April 2023, he turned down the Sony World Photography Awards (Open Category /Creative) and admitted that he had applied with an AI-generated image to initiate a debate about the relationship between AI-generated images and photography. The stunt became worldwide news and his image THE ELECTRICIAN one of the most famous of the year.Biography Ioana Cobzaru Visual artist & Independent CuratorIoana Cobzaru is a visual artist and independent curator based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.In her own artistic practice - photography and mixed media - she is interested in both the fine art and the documentary field, being passionate about portraiture, experimental photography and influences from non-European cultures (in particular the influence of the Japanese photography and crafts on the Western style, alongside art movements of the past century such as the Dadaism and the Surrealism). She has exhibited in group shows and photography festivals in Paris, London, Madrid, Brussels, Rome, Milan, Melbourne, New York, Tokyo and India.As a curator she has experience with exhibitions of individual photographers or a group of artists in galleries, curated exhibitions at international art fairs but also with organizing and moderating international symposia as satellite events to exhibitions and with writing exhibition reviews for art platforms.www.ioanacobzaru.com@ioanac_photography
Boris Eldagsen (DE), Marco Mancuso (IT), Ioana Cobzaru (NL) moderator
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
free entrance & online streaming
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Conference lecture: Daimon Xanthopoulos
10/11/2023-12:30
10/11/2023-14:0
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant - Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
Dutch-Greek photographer and filmmaker Daimon Xanthopoulos welcomes you on a unique visual odyssey, 'Mystic Echoes'. This project explores the intersection of European mythology, landscape, and identity through the transformative power of photography. Daimon illuminates traces of ancient narratives and sacred sites, offering a glimpse into the enduring influence of myths on our collective and personal identities.Drawing from his profound expertise in documentary photography, Daimon seamlessly integrates this discipline into his personal projects. He skillfully adapts his work to the digital age, leveraging the authenticity of photography while enhancing the narrative impact.Daimon's captivating imagery resonates with the inherent beauty of these mystical sites and elicits an imaginative response, all while remaining grounded in photographic reality. Simultaneously, his impactful documentaries drive change. His portfolio includes an array of media types aimed at diversifying and intensifying narratives, significant UN campaigns, and award-winning films on subjects like the European refugee crisis and female war heroes.In his presentation, Daimon will offer a window into his multifaceted career—balancing personal passion projects with international commissions. He'll share insights into his diverse visual methodologies, economic navigation, and strategies to confront challenges in this rapidly evolving industry.Experience the profound exploration of identity through Daimon's lens, a narrative that resonates with this year's festival theme. Delve into an immersive journey that ties ancient European myths and landscapes to our cultural and religious identities, underscoring the significance of mystic places in our shared heritage. Be a part of this potent visual exploration at our festival's current edition, and embrace the power of photography as an expressive conduit of our intertwined realities and identities.
Daimon Xanthopoulos
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
free entrance & online streaming
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Conference lecture: Ragnar Axelsson
10/11/2023-14:0
10/11/2023-15:0
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant - Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
For over 40 years, Ragnar Axelsson, Rax (b. 1958), has been photographing the people, animals and landscape of the most remote regions of the Arctic, including Iceland, Siberia and Greenland. In stark black-and-white images, he captures the elemental, human experience of nature at the edge of the liveable world, making visible the extraordinary relationships between the people of the Arctic and their extreme environment — relationships now being altered in profound and complex ways by unprecedented climate changes.A photojournalist at Morgunblaðið (1976 – 2020), Ragnar has also worked on freelance assignments in Latvia, Lithuania, Mozambique, South Africa, China and Ukraine. His photographs have been featured in LIFE, Newsweek, Stern, GEO, National Geographic, Time, and Polka, and have been exhibited widely.Ragnar has published eight books in various international editions. His most recent book, Arctic Heroes published in 2020, Jökull (Glacier) published in 2018, with a foreword by Ólafur Elíasson. Andlit Nordursins (The Face of The North), was published in 2016, with a foreword by Mary Ellen Mark, and won the 2016 Icelandic Literary Prize for non-fiction. Other awards for Ragnar’s work include numerous Icelandic photojournalist awards; The Leica Oskar Barnack Award (Honorable Mention); the Grand Prize, Photo de Mer, Vannes; and Iceland’s highest honour, the Order of the Falcon, Knight’s Cross. Ragnar is currently working on a three-year project documenting people’s lives in all eight countries of the Arctic. At this pivotal time, as climate change irrevocably disrupts the physical and traditional realities of their world, Ragnar is bearing witness to the immediate and direct threat that global warming poses to their survival.
Ragnar Axelsson
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
free entrance & online streaming
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Conference lecture: Tadas Kazakevicius
10/11/2023-15:0
10/11/2023-16:0
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant - Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
Tadas Kazakevicius is Lithuanian born documentary and editorial photographer residing in Vilnius, Lithuania. As an author he is mainly focused and interested in its humanistic direction - individuals and their stories as the principal subject of his photography. His series ‘Soon to be Gone' (2014 - 2018) and ‘Between Two Shores’ (2018 - 2019) became recognised in numerous awards like World Press Photo, Leica Oskar Barnack, LensCulture Exposure awards. His work was featured in the British Journal of Photography and was exhibited in Jimei x Arles (China), Xposure (UAE), Les Photaumnales (FR), Nuit de la Photo (CH) photography festivals. He held a solo exhibition ‘Soon to be Gone’ at Lithuanian National museum in 2021 and an album dedicated to the series was released in late 2020. His work was exhibited in many locations including Germany, France, China, United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Spain, South Korea, Taiwan and featured in numerous international online platforms. He's an active author and in the meantime works on several new series dedicated to the themes of disappearance of industrial worker and faith as a community bond. SOON TO BE GONE - As far back as in the 1930s, during the times of the Great Depression in the United States, a group of photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Jack Delano, led by Roy Stryker, Head of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), kept restlessly recording views which were soon destined to fade into obscurity. The continuous migration of people moving around in search of easier conditions of life was relentlessly changing the demographical map of the States: homesteads, villages, small towns were disappearing right before the eyes. All this was photographed and put into extensive archives – the effort of those photographers proved not to have been in vain. A somehow different process is ongoing in the present-day Lithuania too. Neither in the scope nor the conditions of life should those two situations be compared, though something still prompts us to look for similarities. Just within the last several decades, continuous migration has caused the population of Lithuania to shrink by almost one sixth. Towns that have usurped the whole economics and are sucking out young people to the cities as well as free migration to the other EU countries, all this is inexorably changing our countryside. Just one question inevitably arises: for how long will our forests and valleys be adorned by views of homesteads and villages – places where a totally different understanding of time and closeness still exists? For how long will there still be found places where an unexpected visitor is met like a close relative and every passer-by is greeted with a heartfelt ‘hello’? Every time a thought like that crosses my mind, I, as a photographer, am driven by an instinct to hurry and turn those symbols and places into something more than just memories in the stories of future grandparents. Though a recorded image is incapable of reviving what has been lost, it still lets us remember something that perhaps once, while speeding by, momentarily caught our eye at the roadside. Maybe this monument to the Lithuanian countryside will evoke some sentimentality from the viewer and touch those deeply hidden corners in the memory which we, seemingly inadvertently, have closed up, being used to accept what can be gone very quickly.
Tadas Kazakevicius
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
free entrance & online streaming
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Conference lecture: Mads Nissen
10/11/2023-16:0
10/11/2023-17:0
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant - Noua Galerie Venue (3 Monetăriei street)
Mads Nissen (1979) is a photographer based in Copenhagen, Denmark. For Mads Nissen photography is all about empathy - creating understanding and intimacy while confronting contemporary social issues such as inequality, human rights violations, and our destructive relationship with nature. Mads graduated with distinction from The Danish School of Media and Journalism in 2007. After graduating he moved to Shanghai to document the human and social consequences of China’s historic economic rise. Since 2014 he has worked as a staff photographer at the Danish daily Politiken, a newspaper internationally praised for its strong commitment to visual journalism. In addition to Politiken, his images have been published in Time, Newsweek, CNN, National Geographic, The Guardian, Le Figaro Magazine, Der Spiegel and many other publications. He frequently gives lectures and workshop and has solo-exhibitions across Europe and Latin America. He is a three-time recipient of the main prize at World Press Photo. In 2023 with a work from the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. In 2021 with the image ‘The First Embrace’ taken during the covid-19 pandemic -and in 2015 with an intimate image of the Russian gay couple Jon and Alex. His work have received more than 90 international awards are the Visa d’Or in 2022 as well as the POY’s ‘International Photographer of the Year 2022’. Mads Nissen has published three photo books: 'The Fallen' (People's Press), 'AMAZONAS' (Gyldendal) and most recently the award-winning 'We are Indestructible' (GOST Books). This book provides a glimpse of the multi-layered seams of Colombia’s past, present and future and is the culmination of many years of work in the war-torn country. Mads Nissen is represented by Panos Pictures. And by Prospekt in Italy and Laif in Germany. www.madsnissen.com,info@madsnissen.com, @madsnissenphoto
Mads Nissen
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
free entrance & online streaming
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Sangre Blanca - The Lost War on Cocaine | Exhibition by Mads Nissen (DK)
10/11/2023-18:30
10/11/2023-20:0
2/3 Gallery (4, Franceza Street)
Sangre Blanca – The Lost War On Cocaine Photographer Mads Nissen. We are in the golden age of cocaine. Consumption and production have never been higher. Despite more than 40-years of ‘War on Drugs’ – the coca leaf still flourishes on the hills of Colombia. For many Europeans and Americans, cocaine is a party drug. For many Colombians, cocaine is blood and violence, corruption, and death. This reportage delves into the murky depths of the cocaine trade and exposes some of the human consequences in Colombia of the world’s favourite party drug. Illegal drugs now constitute the world's largest illegal economy, and in its wake follow corruption, underdevelopment, and extremely high murder rates in South and Central America in particular. Entire societies and nations are destabilized. Regardless of years of war and endless efforts to stop cocaine Colombia remains in the heart of the business. No place produces more. No place suffers more. But never have the production been higher. The international response has so far been a mixture of prohibition, hard punishment and bloody military campaigns that are raging across Colombia’s countryside. This has been the strategy since the 1970s - but is it working? And from whose perspective? And what is the human consequences behind the world’s insatiable appetite for cocaine?
About the photographer: For Mads Nissen (Denmark, 1979) photography is all about empathy - creating understanding and intimacy while confronting contemporary social issues such as inequality, human rights violations, and our destructive relationship with nature. He is a three-time recipient of the main prize at World Press Photo. Winner of the 2022 Visa d’Orand announced as the 2022 ‘International Photographer of the Year’ at POY. He has worked in Colombia since 2006 and published three books, latest We Are Indestructible (GOST) about the multi-layered seams of the Colombian conflict.
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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The Small Girls of Cambodia - From Prostitution to High-School | Exhibition by Gregory Herpe
10/12/2023-17:0
10/12/2023-18:0
Cărturești Carusel (55, Lipscani Street)
Grégory Herpe, French artist and photojournalist for the Sopa press agency (Hong Kong), has a rich and atypical career. Journalist for various magazines in Europe, he was also an actor and theater director in Europe, and published numerous literary works In France and Canada. For the past 20 years, he has been working as a photographer and has exhibited his work around the world. He's work is based on his curiosity. From Europe to Asia, via Africa, the artist looks at people and their culture, the organization of our societies, our relationship with traditions, our impact on nature. Among his subjects, we find endangered animals in Africa (lions and gorillas in particular), I.R.A. in Belfast, Cambodian childs saved from prostitution in Cambodia, Drag Queens in Europe, Christian families in Lebanon, war zones in the Nagarno-Karabakh, Scandinavian minimalist landscapes, Gypsies in Southern France, street art in black and white street photos. He has also immortalised rock and film stars such as Gérard Depardieu, David Bowie, Salif Keita, Nina Hagen, Iggy Pop, Deep Purple, Patti Smith, Omar Sharif, etc. Whatever the subject of his photographs, Grégory Herpe strives to deliver a singular vision of the modern world, always articulating a perspective, a message and an emotion.
Free entrance
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NOW - North of Words | Exhibition by Rares Besliu
10/12/2023-18:0
10/12/2023-18:30
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
NOW - North of Words● We are the first generation that can feel the effects of global warming and we are the last one that can really do something about it.● Although climate change effects are most visible up north, in the mostly uninhabited Arctic, their source can be found right here where most of us live and work. Our lifestyle has tangible, quantifiable results: the ice cap is melting six times faster than in 1990; it is estimated that one third of today’s number of polar bears will be gone by 2050; Europe is getting warmer twice as fast as the global average and Romania is no exception.● North of Words is uniting and contrasting the Arctic and Romania in an attempt to document the impact of climate change. It tells the story of wildlife as a whole starting with the polar bears, as they are considered the “tip of the iceberg” and the benchmark when we consider global warming. The project aims to show the beauty of nature as we see it today in the hope it will stay the same forever. It is not meant to scare or upset anyone but rather to display the white arctic realm in a heartfelt, optimistic, hopeful manner.● Rareș imagined what wildlife would say if they had a voice so he accompanied the photographs with powerful calls to action on sustainability. The animals are therefore encouraging people to look after us all and they are also thanking us now for our future actions and love of nature.• The exhibition displays photographs taken in the most recents trips in the Arctic (the Svalbard Archipelago and Greenland). The next ones will be Iceland and the Canadian Arctic by the end of the year.• This project is the first one developed by the „La NORD de cuvinte” Association who aims to reach people’s hearts through photography and at the same time to fight against climate change. More info: www.lanord.ro.
Rareș Beșliu
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Soon to be gone | Exhibition by Tadas Kazakevicius (LT)
10/12/2023-18:30
10/12/2023-19:30
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
As far back as in the 1930s, during the times of the Great Depression in the United States, a group of photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange and Jack Delano, led by Roy Stryker, Head of the Farm Security Administration (FSA), kept restlessly recording views which were soon destined to fade into obscurity. The continuous migration of people moving around in search of easier conditions of life was relentlessly changing the demographical map of the States: homesteads, villages, small towns were disappearing right before the eyes. All this was photographed and put into extensive archives – the effort of those photographers proved not to have been in vain. A somehow different process is ongoing in the present-day Lithuania too. Neither in the scope nor the conditions of life should those two situations be compared, though something still prompts us to look for similarities. Just within the last several decades, continuous migration has caused the population of Lithuania to shrink by almost one sixth. Towns that have usurped the whole economics and are sucking out young people to the cities as well as free migration to the other EU countries, all this is inexorably changing our countryside. Just one question inevitably arises: for how long will our forests and valleys be adorned by views of homesteads and villages – places where a totally different understanding of time and closeness still exists? For how long will there still be found places where an unexpected visitor is met like a close relative and every passer-by is greeted with a heartfelt ‘hello’? Every time a thought like that crosses my mind, I, as a photographer, am driven by an instinct to hurry and turn those symbols and places into something more than just memories in the stories of future grandparents. Though a recorded image is incapable of reviving what has been lost, it still lets us remember something that perhaps once, while speeding by, momentarily caught our eye at the roadside. Maybe this monument to the Lithuanian countryside will evoke some sentimentality from the viewer and touch those deeply hidden corners in the memory which we, seemingly inadvertently, have closed up, being used to accept what can be gone very quickly.
Tadas Kazakevicius is Lithuanian born documentary and editorial photographer residing in Vilnius, Lithuania. As an author he is mainly focused and interested in its humanistic direction - individuals and their stories as the principal subject of his photography.
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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From trash to treasure: turning negatives into positives | Film Screening
10/12/2023-20:30
10/12/2023-21:0
Echoes Haus (11, Dianei Street)
Film Screening
Iara Lee - director
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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El Madre & Sorin Sega: The Sound of YourSelf / live in concert
10/12/2023-21:0
10/12/2023-22:0
Echoes Haus (11 Dianei Street)
fusion rock, jazz and world music - El Madre (voice and effects) & Sorin Sega (guitar and effects) proposes a concert by Nomad Payers, a restful mix of original songs and songs inspired or taken over and reinterpreted from international folklore, a journey through the universal sound space in fusion rock jazz, world music and sacred sounds.
https://eventbook.ro/music/bilete-bucharest-photofest-el-madre-sorin-sega-the-sound-of-yourself
El Madre (Andreea Tincea) is the voice of several music projects that share the same fervor and longing (Loungerie II - fusion punk jazz, Cats in the Rain - jazz, lounge and magic, El Madre - world music, Abator Industries - contemporary improvised music and other projects). Sorin Sega (guitar) was part of projects such as Bass Turbat and Four of a Kind [ro]. It accompanies and completes El Madre's voice with ethereal sounds and rhythms reminiscent of the simplicity and universal style of Order and Harmony transposed into fusion-rock, world music and spiritual music.
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
30 lei
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Studio Photography w/ George Mielus | Powered by SONY
10/13/2023-18:0
10/13/2023-19:0
Photosetup Showroom (98, Uranus Street)
Participate in Bucharest Photofest and discover the newest compact cameras in the Sony Full Frame range #SonyAlpha: Alpha 7C II and Alpha 7CR together with George Mieluș.#Alpha7CII: Compact size, versatile full frame power. With numerous top technologies for photography and movies, it is the essential camera to capture the world as you wish. Bring your vision to life with dedicated photo-video features and ease of use.#Alpha7CR: Unmatched resolution in a compact and light body. The 61.0MP full frame CMOS sensor, advanced optical image stabilization and AI processing unit that allows recognition of a wider range of subjects, such as animals, insects and vehicles, are some of the strengths of this camera.We are waiting for you at the Photosetup Showroom to participate in a studio photography showcase where you will have the opportunity to see how light is used for portrait or product photography and to test the new Sony cameras.
George Mieluș
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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The World is Out of Focus | Film Screening
10/13/2023-19:0
10/13/2023-20:30
UNATC - cinema (75-77, Matei Voievod Street)
Seize the day, seize the hour and meet four female photographers, who may have a lot of experience under their belt, but who also continue to be courageous and curious at a level where everyone can (and should!) be inspired. The World is Out of Focus introduces us to the four Danish, female photographers Else Tholstrup, Nanna Bisp Büchert, Marianne Engberg and Tove Kurtzweil – all brimming with a zest for life, a creative urge, and an anecdote or five!
Iben Haahr Andersen (director), Else Tholstrup, Nanna Bisp Büchert, Marianne Engberg and Tove Kurtzweil (actors)
Free entrance
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Wedding Photography | Powered by Samyang Lens
10/13/2023-19:0
10/13/2023-20:0
Photosetup Showroom (98, Uranus Street)
Showcase
Alex Păsărelu
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Street Photography w/ George Mielus | Powered by SONY
10/14/2023-9:0
10/14/2023-12:0
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
We are waiting for you in Amzei Square to start a journey in the Creative Amzei Quarter to capture symbols of the city’s IDENTITY. A dynamic and interactive Photo Walk in search of subjects and to test the new SONY cameras. After this journey we will return to Amzei Square in the exhibition spaces of the festival where we will make a selection and analyze the photos taken.Participate in Bucharest Photofest and discover the newest compact cameras in the Sony Full Frame range #SonyAlpha: Alpha 7C II and Alpha 7CR together with George Mieluș.#Alpha7CII: Compact size, versatile full frame power. With numerous top technologies for photography and movies, it is the essential camera to capture the world as you wish. Bring your vision to life with dedicated photo-video features and ease of use.#Alpha7CR: Unmatched resolution in a compact and light body. The 61.0MP full frame CMOS sensor, advanced optical image stabilization and AI processing unit that allows recognition of a wider range of subjects, such as animals, insects and vehicles, are some of the strengths of this camera.
George Mieluș
Free entrance
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Exhibition / Photo Voice powered by Salvati Copiii Romania
10/14/2023-12:0
10/14/2023-13:0
UNATC (75-77, Matei Voievod Street)
Exhibition
Collective event powered by Salvati Copiii Romania
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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Walk in the wild side | photo walk w/ Gregory Herpe
10/14/2023-14:0
10/14/2023-16:0
Stavropoleos Church (old city)
● The artist Statement:// Overview // This is a street photo walk that will challenge the participants to explore different themes and perspectives in the city. The themes can be urban art and graffiti, the unexpected, people, architecture, animals in the city, or anything else that sparks their creativity. The participants will learn how to observe their surroundings, choose their subjects, and convey their messages through their photos.// What we’ll do // We will meet at a designated point and I will introduce myself and the themes for the photo walk. I will not give technical advice, but rather share my artistic vision and how I approach street photography. I will also answer any questions and give some tips and challenges to the participants. Then, we will walk together around a chosen neighborhood, taking photos of the themes we selected. At the end of the walk, we will return to the meeting point and the participants will have some time to select and edit their photos if they wish.// What we’ll share // We will review and comment on each other’s photos, theme by theme, in a constructive and positive way. I will also show the photos I took on the same themes (the day before) and explain how I worked and what I wanted to express. This will be an opportunity to learn from each other and appreciate different styles and visions.- Purpose of the Walks - To benefit from the artist experience and his willingness to share // To learn to look at the world, life around us, with a fresh perspective // To approach a subject with an artistic or photojournalistic eye // To build self-confidence.● No of Participants: 10 participants● Necessary Equipment: Each participant should bring their own camera (and their laptop if possible).There are no bad subjects! Let's be curious about everything!
Gregory Herpe
100 lei
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McCurry: The Pursuit of Colour | Film Screening
10/14/2023-18:0
10/14/2023-19:30
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului (3, Soseaua Kiseleff)
For the first time, celebrated American photographer Steve McCurry opens up about the stories behind his iconic images and reflects on the defining moments of his extraordinary life and forty-year career. MCCURRY: THE PURSUIT OF COLOR is the first intimate feature length portrait of the contemporary photojournalist Steve McCurry. The one thing more poignant than McCurry’s pictures is his tumultuous 40-year career, which he’s spent travelling the globe essentially alone, capturing candid snapshots depicting the complexity of human life. Exclusive interviews with family, friends, colleagues, and with the photographer himself, bring to life the stories behind some of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century. With unique access to the photographer's creative process and unpublished images, we discover how McCurry’s vulnerabilities set him on the path to greatness and we witness first-hand his commitment to record what defines and unites humankind - a race against time in an increasingly fractured and culturally homogenous world.
https://eventbook.ro/film/bilete-bucharest-photofest-mccurry-the-pursuit-of-colour
Denis Delestrac (director)
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
20 lei
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Koudelka Crossing the Same River | Film Screening
10/14/2023-20:0
10/14/2023-21:30
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului (3, Soseaua Kiseleff)
A close look at the legendary Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka's past, memories, his thoughts about photography, his stance on life and his emotional journey through 'Ruins', his last project, which is about the archeological ruins of ancient cities in Mediterranean regions. Following the footsteps of Heraclitus over his quote that "no man ever step in the same river" Josef Koudelka revisits more than 200 Hellenistic and Roman ancient cities he photographed repeatedly over past 26 years. During this epic journey to Mediterranean regions, we witness the moments of joy, tenderness, and silence while focusing on Koudelka’s both artistic and philosophical search for the “maximum”.
https://eventbook.ro/film/bilete-bucharest-photofest-koudelka-crossing-the-same-river
Coșkun Așar (director)
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
20 lei
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bpf.music vibes / bpf.team
10/14/2023-21:0
10/14/2023-23:0
Echoes Haus (11, Dianei Street)
Music
Bucharest Photofest team
Free entrance
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Interdisciplinary Showcase | Powered by ILFORD
10/15/2023-11:0
10/15/2023-15:0
UNATC - Cinetic (75-77, Matei Voievod Street)
Workshop
Maria Murgu, Cornel Lazia, Marius Sopterean, Victor Velculescu, Dragos Boldea, Ionuț Dumitrașcu
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
Free entrance
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River | Film Screening
10/15/2023-17:0
10/15/2023-18:30
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului (3, Soseaua Kiseleff)
A profound cinematic and musical reflection on how rivers have shaped both the planet’s elaborate landscapes and all human existence. Throughout history, rivers have shaped our landscapes and our journeys; flowed through our cultures and dreams. RIVER takes its audience on a journey through space and time; spanning six continents, and drawing on extraordinary contemporary cinematography, including satellite filming, the film shows rivers on scales and from perspectives never seen before. Its union of image, music and sparse, poetic script create a film that is both dream-like and powerful, honouring the wildness of rivers but also recognising their vulnerability.
https://eventbook.ro/film/bilete-bucharest-photofest-river
WITH MUSIC BY RADIOHEAD, JONNY GREENWOOD, RICHARD TOGNETTI AND WILLIAM BARTON, NARRATED BY WILLEM DAFOE
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
20 lei
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Gods of Mexico | Film Screening
10/15/2023-19:0
10/15/2023-21:0
Cinema Muzeul Țăranului (3, Soseaua Kiseleff)
With visually stunning landscapes and immersive sound, GODS OF MEXICO is a poetic survey of the vast landscapes and rich diversity of several communities of rural Mexico. Using richly saturated color and hypnotic black-and-white interludes, filmmaker Helmut Dosantos takes viewers through salt pans, deserts, highlands, jungle, and underground mines—paying tribute to those who fight to preserve their cultural identity amidst the shadows of modernization.
https://eventbook.ro/film/bilete-bucharest-photofest-gods-of-mexico
Helmut Dosantos (director)
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
20 lei
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Torsan/Juan/Bălan / Live in Concert
10/15/2023-20:30
10/15/2023-22:0
Echoes Haus (11, Dianei Street)
Torsan/Juan/Balan is a Bucharest trio founded in 2017 and aims to practice and promote freely improvised music in different instrumental and artistic contexts.In addition to concerts held in Bucharest bars and pubs, TJB also performed in the country (Alba Iulia, Bistrița, Gherla, Pitești, Piscu, Reșița), or on the occasion of the Improvised Music Festival, TEXTURAL, which had as initiators and co-organizers the members of the group. A special experience was participating in the 2022 edition of Smida Jazz Festival. It was there that the group's debut album, Assault of the Island, was released, a production of their own.
https://eventbook.ro/music/bilete-bucharest-photofest-torsan-juan-balan
Torsan/Juan/Bălan & Neon Cola - The composition of the trio is as follows:● Călin Torsan - wind instruments● Andrei Bălan -electric guitar, electronice● Juan-Carlos Negretti - percutions
https://bucharestphotofest.ro/2023/09/18/dutch-perspective-on-documentary-photography-exhibition/
30 lei
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Events without an opening. Available for the whole period

Book corner & merch
10/6/2023-18:30
10/15/2023-20:0
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
Book release
Collective Romania
Free entrance
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Vida Posa Morte | Exhibition by Victor Dragonetti
10/6/2023-18:30
10/15/2023-20:0
Carturesti Carousel (55, Lipscani Street)
Exhibition
Victor Dragonetti - Brasil
Free entrance
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Identity | Group Exhibition in partnership w/ Wipplay
10/6/2023-18:30
10/15/2023-20:0
Deschis Gastrobar (160, Splaiul Unirii)
Collective exhibition
In partnership with Wipplay, France.
Free entrance
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We Are Here: Native Sovereignty across Turtle Island | Exhibition by Kiliii Yuyan
10/6/2023-18:30
10/15/2023-20:0
Amzei Market (17, Amzei Market Street)
Exhibition - For thousands of years, Vancouver Island, an island 1/3 the length of Canada’s Pacific coast, was the home of the Tla-o-qui-aht. They controlled who lived there and who was a citizen. Their laws dictated who could launch boats from the islands, who could cut down their conifers, who could fish for salmon and where. From the 18th century, European invaders sought to strip away that control. The Tla-o-qui-aht, resisted fiercely and constantly, for decades. By many important measures, they succeeded. Today, central Vancouver Island is again under Tla-o-qui-aht control. More remarkable still, scores of other Native societies across North America, also known as Turtle Island, are following in Tla-o-qui-aht footsteps. In legal terms, all of these groups have been, and continue to fight for the sovereignty promised to them in the hundreds of treaties the United States and Canada signed with their original inhabitants. To Indigenous people the word 'sovereignty' means more than self-rule. It is shorthand for a vision of Native societies as autonomous cultures, controlling the environment around them, part of the modern world but fully rooted in their own long- standing values, working as equal partners with local, state, and federal governments. All of this is happening now. From BC to Texas, Indigenous peoples are co-managing national forests, forcing governments to pull down huge dams, blocking pipelines, taking charge of fisheries, and rebuilding prairie ecosystems. At the same time, Indigenous nations are rebuilding in all the other dimensions of sovereignty. Some have created billion-dollar businesses. Some have built alternative hospital networks and sports leagues. Some have reacquired large chunks of the land that was taken from them. All the while, Native artists and craftspeople have joined new technology and ancient values to create distinctive, entirely contemporary forms of architecture, painting, weaving, and writing. The vision of sovereignty is one in which the important shared priorities among different communities can create an American continent with a better life for all.
Photographer Kiliii Yuyan tells the stories of lives bound to the land and sea. Informed by ancestry that is both Nanai/Hèzhé (East Asian Indigenous) and Chinese, he searches for human insight through different cultural perspectives. On assignment, he has survived a stalking polar bear, escaped pounding waves diving with sea otters, and found kinship at the edges of the world. Kiliii makes photographic stories for the pages of National Geographic Magazine, TIME, and other major publications.
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The Mountain Kingdom | Exhibition Lee-Ann Olwage
10/6/2023-18:30
10/15/2023-20:0
Carturesti Carousel (55, Lipscani Street)
The Mountain Kingdom - High above the clouds in a magical place where mountains pierce the heavens there is a place so remote and breathtakingly beautiful known as The Mountain Kingdom. The Maloti mountains is a place where gods and mythical beasts roam and men are kings cloaked in heavy colourful blankets telling stories of the land. Known as the Kingdom in the Sky, Lesotho is a high-altitude, landlocked country encircled by South Africa and affectionately known as The Roof of Africa.Most areas are so remote and can only be reached on foot or horseback. Here youngshepherds roam the mountains, living semi nomadic lives tending to their cattle in the rural mountainsides. Most of the Basotho shepherds are often accompanied by dogs which help them in their shepherding and to protect their livestock from predators. Racing in the mist, Lesotho’s mountain jockeys form part of a century old tradition of horse racing in the mountains. The horse first came to Lesotho with European settlers in the 19th century and the local pride, the "Basuto pony", is the result of crossbreeding over time. Don’t be fooled by it’s name the ponies are of medium size and known for their endurance, making excellent race horses. Locals still use them to herd sheep and goats or for everyday transport as some villages are accessible only on horseback. Shrouded in myth and mystery, these mountains are home to a unique community and filled with stories rich in tradition and history.
Lee-Ann Olwage is a visual storyteller from South Africa who usescollaborative storytelling to explore themes relating to gender and identity. She is interested in using the medium of photography as a mode of co-creation and celebration. With her long term projects, she aims to create a space where people she collaborates with can play an active part in the creation of images they feel tells their stories in a way that is affirming and celebratory. Notable awards include a World Press Photo Award, 2020 & 2023, Sony World Photography Awards, 2023, Winner of This Is Gender, 2021, Pride Photo Award, 2021, CAP Prize winner, 2022, Marilyn Stafford Fotoreportage Award shortlist, 2021+2022, International Photography Awards Honorable Mention, 2020 and selected for The New York Times Portfolio Review 2022.
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